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to which they have heen subjected. “I con sider them as not being Catholics at heart, and Rt. Rev. Sir, should your Episcopal ministry inspire you to declare so. in any way, in order that good Catholics may know who are their brethren and who are not, I leave it to your discretion, and to your holy inspirations.” So much for the former Governor of Bologna, and his tender mercies, alike tender to the brave Ugo Bassi, in whom were rekindled the ancient patriotism and genius of Italy, and to the persecuted Church of St. Louis. How do the horrors of the fatal “ inter - D ict ” rush upon our minds as wc read of this conflict between the people and the priest! \Wordsworth’s sonnet was written of an other age. and country, but its application is not all inappropriate to J&epublican Amer ica: '‘Realm s q u a k e b y turns, proud arbitress o f Grace, {.The C h u rch, b y m a n d a te shadow ing forth t h e pow er She arrogates o’er Heaven’s eternal door, Closes t h e gates o f e v e ry sacred place. Straight from the Sau and tainted air’s embrace, A ll sacred things a re covered, cheerful m o rn Grows sad a s n ight, n o seemly g a rb is worn, N o r is a face allowed to m e e t a face W i t h natural sm ile o f g reeting. Bells a re dumb, D itches a r e g raves, funeral rites denied. A n d in th e churchyard h e m u st take his bride, W h o dares b e wedded. Fancies thickly come I r t o t h e pensive heart, ill-fortified. A n d com fortless d espairs the soul benumb.” I cannot resist the impulse to read one addi tional paragraph from the same letter, ex pressing the sentiment of a vast body of intelligent Catholics throughout the land. He says: “It is highly time that the legislature should cast an eye of commisseration and protection upon us by the adoption of a law, putting a stop to the encroachments of the Bishops and Catholic clergy in general, spe cifying that all church property should only be possessed by their right owners, the peo ple who have paid for them.” I will only add that this is h u t one of many similar expres sions I have received from the Catholic laitv of different congreg itions in the State. And has it come to this, that the Catholic laity of our'State, implore its Legislature to “cnm- misserate and protect” them from ecclesias tical outrage ? Will New York refuse this protection ? They have asked for bread, will 8‘ie give them a stone ? They have asked th a t she maintain the spirit of her own laws, will she allow it to be borne down by the despotic policy of a priesthood ? I said in the outset of my remarks that this hill struck at no universal practice of the church. In France, the temporal administration of the church is in the council of Fabrique (Board of Trustees) who are chosen by the munici pal council, the latter being elected by the people in the several communes. In part of the German States, Belgium, and other parts of the continent which have been under\ the French domination, the Catholic temporali ties are administered in the same manner, by laymen. The same exists in Switzerland. In France, the clergy cannot accept dona tions by will or otherwise for any benevolent establishment, without the sanction of the government, and then to be under the con trol of the civil power. Thus i t will be seen, that the policy which has confiscated twenty-five millions of proper ty belonging to two millions of American citizens, to a half hundred priests, whose first allegiance is to the Papal See. is a policy es pecially reserved for Republican America! This offshoot of Absolutism, which can flourish nowhere outside of Spain and P o rtu gal, where deceased P rotestants are buried like dogs, if buried a t all where the torch of persecution is ever lighted, has been trans planted, has grown, and flourished, on the Boil of Freedom! 1 his is the political para dox of the age. Tt is d ‘eply implanted, and already begins to overshadow the State. But one question is unsolved : will you now lay the legislative axe to the root of this Upas,or will you leave i t to be uptorn at a future day, by the storm of R evolution ? “TheKnow Nothing Organization.” * * * Let us look at the condition, so cial, political, and religious, of the nation in which our lot is cast, and whose real or sup posed danger has created this new and pow erful organization for its defence. The most important changes going on around us are so gradual in their development, that we on ly estimate their greatness by comparison with past times; and yet, so bustling is life at present, and so numerous the events transpiring every day and hour that we are apt to be confused, and fail to heed the warn ings which every now and then are sounded in o ur ears, or acted in our pathway, warn ings which point to the safety of our free institutions yea, even to our very lives. In the political world, we see men on all sides striving for office as though existence depended on success; some fitted by educa tion to do their country service, others igno rant and brutish, but all more or less tainted with the Bpirit of avarice or selfish ambition. Alas, the truest patriots in this our day, are the men who sigh for their country’s degen eracy beside their quiet hearth-stones!— Meantime, the race is given up to these f reedy leeches of the Nation’s wealth and onors ; they attain their objects: and how ? By detraction, slander, lies, and bribes. By these means, it is trne, they often secure the support of their own countrymen, whose principles are against them, but their cheif and their greatest help is the Roman Catho lic vote. To obtain this vote, they not only waste the gold from their own pockets, but by their influence elevate their dupes into pla ces of responsibility and trust, so that in our largest cities and towns, the common b u t by no means insignificant offices are almost en tirely in the hands of ignorant and bigoted foreigners and Romanists. Ah, I have heard of another country, another goverment over thrown and levelled with the dust b y the in roads of barbarians, whom their own cu pidity and ambition had tempted and invited ! We all know the ridiculous and shameful lengths to which the politician will go to Se cure this priest-ridden rabble, finding in the most beastly sot “ a man and a brother,” and extolling the “rich brogue” of the refu gee Hibernian as Sweeter music than the language his own mother taught him 1 Nay, in my own limited sphere I have seen many such instances, one of which, as it is the la test, I will give. I have recently seen a man gifted and highly accomplished, placed in the front rank of society b y birth and con nection, and entrusted by the State with th a t most sacred of all responsibilities, the education of youth, y e t when unfair dealing had brought its merited disgrace,—stiving to regain his footing by the removal of those who h ad opposed him, and to this end stop ping and cringing to the Irish Romanists, in that city the very dregs of the population. He n o t only acknowleges such men by the friendly and even affectionate greeting in the public street and by drunken revellings a t his own expense, but even intrudes their coarse and disgusting presence into his fami ly circle to the society of his refined and del icate wife, and with his whole household reg ularly attend the Roman Catholic Church, where the very air is always redolent of pov erty and filth, and the worshipers complete ly enslaved b y ignorance and superstition.— But though all see and feel to some extent, the mischievous influence possesed by for eigners as voters, few, I think, realize the im m ense w eight of -power held and exerted by tbe Romish Church in our land, power increased tenfold by the solid unity of its members, as opposed to the thousand and one divisions of the Protestant communion. And this subject brings me to the chief ar gument in ffavor of the Know Nothings.— This order wages “ w ar to the knife ” against Roman Catholics—not because they profess an erroneous faith—-but because they a re en slaved to a politico-reiigous system ; n o t be cause they almost defy the Pope, and find in every Priest a spiritual father, b u t because that Pope directs the policy o f his churches according to his own aims o f ambition and aggrandizement, and these P riests exact and receive a more' blind faith and obedience than ever child gave to its natural .parent.— The writer I am re vie wirig-acknowie dge that this power is exercised, b u t has ho fear that “it will ever become actually dangerous to our Constitution, or work the overthrow of our free institutions,” on account of the “ immense predominance of Protestantism, ” and the cc important modifications55 ■which Romanism m u st submit to in order to be tolerated in this country. Now as to Pro testantism, so called, its predominance does not seem materially to hinder the growth of Romanism, which is o f course a great ele ment of its strength.' And its modifications I fear, are imaginary, 6r at least insufficient of themselves, to'cheek the furtherance of its-plans. Inrevery country where the Pa pacy has h ad-its adherents, its power has been hurtfuhto the government, prejudicial to intellectual improvement and political liberty and though our jealousy\ of our rights, and, privileges p a y offer some re- st^smte to, wiaBiffious'ipttenemy, ithese re straints are rendered almost useless by the indulgence shown to it by politicans of all classes. The Roman Catholic vote is, not so powerful by its numbers as its direction.— Thrown into either sSale of parties so equal ly balanced as our own, and it decides the d a y ; and no candidate for office dare say aught to offend the holders of such a power, if which to us seems to belong to politics alone, is, not so understood by Romish Priests. The inducements held out to se cure the suffrage of ignorant foreigners, are quickly understood by their spiritual director by means of auricular confession; his ghost ly counsel is remembered by every son of the Church who appears at the poll, and thus while Whigs and Democrats with the numerous off-shoot parties of each, are quar reling over some minor point, the Church of Rome steps in disguised as a crowd of burly Irishmen, and settles the dispute to her own best advantage and interest. There is another matter of vital impor tance to all Americans, and in which the Ro man Catholics have not appeared to be over awed by the predominance of Protestantism, or the modifications they are expected to embrace. This m atter is Common-School Education. The use*bf the Bible in Com mon Schools has given rise to much discus sion, and in some instances, has threatened us with “ civil convulsions, blood, and crime. ” Various attempts have been made by the Roman Catholics to obtain a separate appro priation of the public fund and the failure of such proposals has made trouble for all par ties. ” In Maine we hear of the disgraceful outrage upon the person of a Popish Priest for this very cause ; in New York the elec tions for educational offices have been barely conducted with safety; and in Detroit there has been still greater tumult. This last- named city is perhaps the best specimen of the influence of the Romish Church, for its members are in better proportion to the Protestants, and the demonstration of eccle siastical power is more fearlessly shown than in almost any other p art of the country. At recent election great fears were entertained of a general riot, which was prevented, probably, by the vigilance of the authorities and police. But the trouble did not end here. The Roman Catholic Bishop drew up a petition to the Legislature, praying that a share of the Public School Fund might be separately bestowed upon the Roman Catho lic part of the community, in order that they might sustain their own schools. Fearing that the Legislature might unthinkingly grant such a request, the Bishop of the Episcopal Church sent in a simular applica tion, merely to expose and counteract the first. The Legislature did their duty ; both requests were denied, and thus an effectual stop was put to an effort which, if successful, would have heen a dangerous precedent, leading every sect to demand its own appro priation, and thus bringing ruin upon one of the most glorious of our institutions—our system of Common Schools. A due consid eration of the facts and principles I have briefly touched upon will, I think, convince every man of prophetic thought and true pa triotism, that our danger is great, and the necessity of immed'ate and stringent meas ures urgent, if we would save ourselves and our country. * * * There arc many In cidents which seem to show that the Roman Catholics among us are only waiting for a signal of their leaders to commence a “ war to the knife, ” of a more tangible nature than is embraced in the rretiphorof tbe Know- Nothings. But these incidents partake, as yet. too much of the character of rumor to be adduced in support of assertion or argu ment. W hether it be our lives that are in danger, oronr coutry, which should be as dear as those lives, * on our religion which should be far dearer, it behooves us to look well to our safety, and to escape the snares which are most certainly lying in wait. The last argument against the Knw-No th ings is. that they are a Secret Society. But though the names of their members, and the official proceedings of their meetings arc so, still we can judge by their open acts some what of the nature of their principles and obligations. There have been several pre tended, or real expositions of their secrets already published, and certainly these con tain nothing to which any honest lover of liis country could object, as treasonable or sinful. The society numbers in its ranks men of unblemished reputation and undoubt ed patriotism; yet these men are constant in their adherence, which would not be the case were its objects questionable or hurtful. We want no more Titus Oates’ Popish plots, it is true—the Know-Nothings likewise do not—and to prevent such a conspfracy they have formed themselves into a rival Secret Society. They have seen that open and avowed measures are not the weapons to use against so wary a foe. We have gone on thus far in careless security, while Ro man churches, Bishoprics, nunneries, monas teries, and Jesuit colleges, have multiplied around us. We have allowed Priests to control our elections, and their puppets to sit in our offices as trust, till we are, as it were, almost in the arms of that* far-famed brazen figure of the Inquisition, whose em brace is a horrible death. W e m u st look to the Roman Catholic Church, if we would see a perfect secret or ganization. From the Pope of Rome down to the meanest Priest in our midst, there is a complete understanding, a regular system of instructions and reports pervading all grades of ecclesiastical dignity, and penetrat ing every region, however remote.. Nothing but the Union, and, consequent strength, of a Secret Society w'ill be available to carry out the objets which so many of our citizens are now laying to heart; and it is to he hoped that, if no fiat, armed with the power of the law, is sent forth to restrain the might, of Jesuitical intrigues and Papal decrees, the prejudice against this new order, on the account of the boldness- of its principles and the secrecy of its .movements, may fade away before the anxiety to protect our free dom, our homes, and our lives.— Churchman. G e n e r a l S a m H o u s ton. The Texas Senator is everyway a remark able man ; as much so for his independence of thought and speech, as for decision in ac tion. He is equally the friend of Temper ance, the Missionary cause and the poor In dian. He is opposed to sectional agitation, and the extension of Slavery over territory once declared free, and solemnly pledged by the Missouri act of Compromise to remain free. His speech on Monday against an enlarged military establishment on the south west ern frontier, and in defence of the Indian character, is the latest, and not the least re markable evidence of his straightforward way of legislating. He is willing to see no thing taken for granted when new schemes of Territorial management and for increasing the. standing army in time of peace, are broached. Senator Jones may be surprised that the Hero, of San Jacinto should lead the way in opposing the bill for raising new regi ments to put down the Indians, b u t there, is nothing astonishing in this to any one who understands Gen. H o u s t o n thoroughly. He has been among the Indians—knows them to be more sinned against than sinning, and is the man of all others to say as much in the Senate, or before the assembled world, if necessary. So a t the last. Sesssion he felt a thorough Contempt for the movement of Douglas on the repeal of the Missouri Com promise, and he was neither slow nor circui tous in speaking out what he felt, and how he meant to vote. There was no obsequious courting the North in this—no idle braving the South, but it was the plain, blunt expres sion of his honest convictions, which he would have given to the world if the next hour had banished him to private life for the remainder of his days. Gen. H ouston is scarcely deserving the name o f an eccentric man, though he moves in public life so unlike most politicians. On the contrary, his views are generally, if not always, earnestly practical. But his career, nevertheless, has been for tbe most part eccentric one. His memoir, we notice, promised by one of our city publishers. faithfully written, it will prove a literary cu riosity. A too partial pen may so Oloak his early faults as to sink the whole biography into a mere panegyric—of what is worse, a bid for the Presidency. On the other hand, the style and fancy of the writer must be poor indeed, if employing his material faithfully, he fails to turn out a most readable and ~ structive book. In early manhood Gen. H o u s t o n was Indian-lighter, b u t never, we believe, an In dian hater. He served as a volunteer from Tennessee, in the war with the Indian tribes of the South West, in 1814-1818, and was wounded, i f we mistake not, in one of the en gagements. His soldiership was every way creditable, and after peace Was restored, he was rewarded with the usual military honors and titles—especially the titles—which are almost sure in the W est to follow good con ducts ill actual service, Such as Major, Colonel and Brigadier General. His promotion did an is I f lo an not stop with these. In 1823-25 he repre sented one of the central districts of the State in Congress, and in 1827 was made Governor by a very large majority, as the friend and favorite of Gen. J a c k s o n , whose political star was then in the ascendant. As a Congressman he was attentive and faithful t ) his constituents, and as Governor judicious and popular in his administration. His first term of two years was drawing to a close, and his prospects of re-election, even in the face of threatened formidable opposition from an other and older veteran of the W ar of 1812, decidedly flattering, when his marriage to an estimable lady in a neighboring county, fol lowed by a domestic estrangement before the h o n e y m o o n had w a n e d , the in c i d e n t s a n d causes of which were never unveiled to the curious world—and, indeed, to this day re main unknown to the nearest friends of the parties—led to his abrupt resignation of the seals of his office, and his abandonment of his home and constituents, for the Indian wilds far W est of the Mississippi. If this first era in his eventful career clo sed under a cloud of mingled mystery and discredit—for it is due to the truth of histo ry and the rights of gallantry which are no where more scrupulously respected, to say that the people of Tennesee blamed the Gen eral for the erratic step referred to—the see- i nd was not less remarkable. He mingled at once with the red men, west of Arkansas; conformed to their primeval habits; was adopted into their councils, and became one of their chiefs. This was in 1829. Five rears had not elapsed before he returned to civilized life as a citizen of T exas; the histo- r / of this singular period—episode, let us now call it—of his life unwritten, and the motives to and incidents of it, alike unknown to the world. Soon followed the struggle of Texas, first for the rights of the department under the Mexican Constitution of 1824, and next for separate independence, resulting in the rout and capture of Santa Anna at San Jacinto, and recognition of the new Repub lic by the Governments of England and tbe United States. It were useless here to follow up the his tory of General Houston in Texas, and as one of her representatives, after annexation in 1845, a t Washington. I t is part of the political record of the present day. His qualities as a soldier; his generalship, mark ed by prudence and caution, as a leader, and his humanity as a victor, are as proverbial in his own State as the signal battle of which he is the unquestioned hero. Ilis habits in social and domestic -life, if not the best at one time, afford an example of thorough re form, entered upon with penitence and de termination, and persevered in, by the help of an iron will, which is entitled to commen dation and respect, if not to the restoration of entire confidence in the moral phase of his character. — N. Y. Times. CVO 5 ' i i j j $ n t c n * ; u L Auburn, Wednesady, February 7, 1855. TO THE PUBLIC. AN INTERESTING DEBATE. In the Senate, on Friday last, while the committee of the whole had under consi lera- tion a bill to allow Wm. Tell Poussin to bold real estate, a debate that continued two hours, sprung up, and was very interes ting, from the turn it took Senator W hit - NEY bore himself with dignity and ability and gave some p retty hard hints. W e subjoin a brief sketch of the discus sion :— Mr. WHITNEY took the occasion to d< • ny that he failed to exercise the hospitality o1' a patriot towards all who sought pr Sec tion and refuge on our shores, ilis doctrine that the country should be govern.d by Americans—should not be controlled by ali ens. was another thing. Col. Poussin was a friend of freedom and free institutions— a son of Switzerland, and he honored him. The American party op posed no such simple request as this bill provides, to allow him to hold the property lie had gained. If the question were now before the Senate whether an alien should hold a commission in the army—he should be found in the negative. The American people are abundantly able to do their own voting—their own Legisla ting, and their own fighting. This is not proscription. My friend from the 2Gth (Mr. D ic k i n s o n ,) was once a good democrat. Mr. DICKINSON. I am so now. Mr. WHITNEY. In the common sense use of that term. Mr. DICKINSON. I am so now. Mr. WHITNEY. In the partisan sense cf the term. When he was so, a Democrat, he (Mr. D.) used his best efforts to keep Whigs out of office. When he became a Whig—he does his best to keep Democrats out. This sort of proscription marks all parties. Pro scription is written in letters of fire in the front of political party. W hat does the American Party seek but to place pow er in the hands of those who will administer it on the principles they deem best a d a p t e d to the welfare of the country. Mr. HOPKINS, examined the bill itself— and claimed that the Senate last year, in the case of Mr. Coates, the thread manufacturer, (hvhom all the ladies knew ) had decided dif- ierently. The Committee had reported this Poussin bill favorably because of the distin guished' services he had rendered—because he had joined our Army. If the new doctrine promulgated in Mas sachusetts, that foreigners shall not join an Army, is to be sustained, this bill ought not to meet favor. If it be wrong for foreigners to serve, on what principle is not Mr. Pous sin to be favored. \Mr. BISHOP addressed the committtee at length in examination of the question, whether foreigners shall be enlisted in the Army. He believed that the soil of this coun try was open to all exiles, and that they must not come here to be inferior to others. It was the old federal—alien and sedition idea. We shall now find out the old Federalists. There is a sifting process going on. It is an old heresy and revived after slumbering fifty years. . It was preposterous to extend the term twenty-one years. The emigrant did not live that time. He would rather have no naturalization law. Mr. WHITNEY.—So would I. Mr. BISHOP believed this a southern- movement, designed to shut out the foreign er. So that the African slave trade might be reinstated, and the broad acres of our land tilled by the African. Mr. WHITNEY defended the Massachu setts Governor in his disbandment of the foreign companies. One half of the uniform companies of the city of New York are of those who have nothing in common with us. They have everything to hope from revolu tion and bloodshed. He believed Washington’s opinion the true and the abiding one. The noble names of Lafayette, and Mont gomery, and Lee came as\ individuals, and did n o t organize bands of men against the country. And y et even with this state of the case, Washington expressed the hope that all foreign mercenaries might be re moved. How different these able names from the hordes of foreign mercenaries who are now organizing all over our cities for the revolutionizing of—-Europe! The American party believes the American born citizen better adapted to protect the rights of the People. No m atter how l&ng the residence, the old European feeling can not be torn out. I t will be manifested. I t is because the American is'the friend of the foreigner, that we wish to keep the government of the coun try, in the hands of Americans—of those who know other ways of revolutionizing public opinion than by the bayonet and blood shed. Mr. W. expressed his intention to discuss the religious view of the question on Mon day. Mr. W . alluding to Mr. BISHOP’S re marks, said, that in reality, Americans had not equal privileges with foreigners. The latter can exercise the rights of five years - residence, while the former must reside here one and twenty years, and if i t be assured that the alien comes here a full grown man, while the American is a t tbe beginning of his .term,, a child, the response to it is abun dant. The alien, when he comes here, is a mere child in respect to all that is really re publican, and to all that belongs to free In stitutions, while the American born child learns the accents of freedom with the first word he hears in his household home. Mr. CROSBY followed euologizin the services which foreigners had rendered, and in an attack on the “ Know-Nothings. Mr1. H A tSEY ventured to suggest that there was nothing whatever in the bill to call forth this debate. Mr. WHITNEY, Wishing distinctly to Un derstand'tbe Senator from the Eleventh, (Mr. C r o s b y ), asked Mm if he had not said that “ The only large bodies o f men who have been hitherto found arraigned against our laws have been Native Americans.” 1 Mr. CROSBY was understood to say that he did so say. ' We commence this morning, the publica tion of the “Auburn Weekly A m e r i c a n We present it to our citizens for their favor and patronage, and in doing so, feel that it is our duty to indicate, briefly and explicitly, what its course and position will be, what charac ter it will maintain, and what objects, polit- cal, general and local, it will he its aim to ac complish. The Prospectus, which we publish else where, and which has been extensively cir culated, generally covers this ground. As therein announced, the American , true to its title, will make it a leading object to expound the principles and advocate the aims and ob jects of the A m e r ic a n P a r t y . It will know neither “ Whigs” nor “ Democrats.” as such, nor recognize any of the factions into which both of these once great and powerful polit ical organizations are now divided. We be lieve the A m e r ic a n P a r t y is to be the sheet anchor of the Union, and that it will save it from the great evilS that now menace it.— Our idea of what these evils are, we give in another place. Thousands of the citizens of Auburn, and all this central region of New York, have long felt the need of a thoroughly American organ, and now loudly call for it. They ask for a journal that will, daily and weekly, with fearlessness, honest}- and candor, speak out American sentiments on all the great social and political movements of the day. A mo mentous crisis has arrived in our history, and the A m e r ic a n P a r t y has arisen to meet it. It has sprung up suddenly, as patriotic states men and military leaders spring up to meet all great emergencies in a nation’s struggles. The people wish for organs that shall repre sent the principles of this National Party. Such a paper we intend to make the Ameri can. And we mean to do more. We mean to make it, in all respects, a Newspaper, and not simply the organ of one idea. While we shall ever keep prominently and steadily in view the primary objects we have alluded to, yet we shall not fail to present in our col- ums an epitome of all the news of the pas sing time, as received by the Mails and Tel egraph, and as gathered at home. We shall labor to make the American an ever welcome visitor at every fire-side, in all places of bu siness, and to those who are not as well to those who are interested in the political* questions that now agitate the country. In regard to the great subjects of Tempe rance and Slavery, the American will repre sent in both the sentiment which actuates the minds and consciences of a great majori ty of the people of this State with regard to the former, and the people of all the Free States with regard to the latter. All mat ters of interest connected with these great moral movements will bo kept steadily in view. In all the discussions upon which we may enter, and in regard to every subject presen ted to our readers, we shall always entertain a scrupulous regard for candor, truth, and the fearlessness and earnestness that are.due to the honest advocacy of any principle, or the defence of any cause that we deem to be right and just. Believing that no cause can be benefitted by the deceptions and pre varications so habitually practiced by dema gogues, and so often indulged in by unscrupu lous journalists, we shall, as well from choice and an appreciation of justice, as from an in nate sense of what is due to ourselves and our readers, carefully avoid indulgence in either, no m atter how great temptations may present themselves, or how exciting crises we may he called upon to pass through. Keeping in view this general outline of the course we intend to pursue in conducting our paper, we have confidence to believe that our readers will never find in our columns .anything that will injure the credit or com promise the character of the Auburn Laily American. In our intercourse with our political oppo nents, and with all others whose acts or prin ciples we may come into contact with by difference of opinion, as well as with our brethren of the Press, we shall constantly endeavor to avoid all personalities, and all in dulgence in the “slang” phrases and coarse epithets that are bandied about by so many controversialists and journalists, and by many who mistake vulgarisms and vituperation for cleverness and argument. To take the principal editorial charge of the American , we esteem ourselves peculiar ly fortunate in having been able to secure the services of Mr. J. S t a n l e y S m i t h , of Albany. Mr. S m i t h is an able and vigorous writer, has long been connected with the daily press, and is not only familiar with the politics of the country, h u t with its public men. W ithout meaning to promise too much, or to weary the patience of our readers a t the start, we may add further, that we have made arrangements to give the American a distinctive local interest. Home affairs and daily occurrences in our midst, will consti tute a prominent feature. A gentleman fully competent to the successful perform ance of* this task has been engaged to attend to this department. W ith this exposition of our principles, ob jects and aims, we send out the American this evening for the first time, and trust it may long be a valued and a welcome daily visitor to all who may honor us with their patronage. THE AMERICAN PARTY. few months after it sprung into existence, 1 6 6 77 TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT its successes, wherever it found an opportu- ’ nity to put forth its strength or strike a IN THE blow, arrested the attention of every think- j ing mind and every politician and States- | man, while they roused the energies and 1 patriotism of every American heart. Its rapid growth and its startling developments have turned upon it the eye of the whole country and has already called forth the spec ulations and comments' of the journalists and Statesmen of Europe. What causes originated and gave vitality j to this movement? They are so palpable, that it is almost un- . necessary to enumerate them. Still, they 1 fil1 the ™cancy 111 tllc Senat« occasioned by may be briefly stated. ;thC resiSnatlon of M-Tron H* C lark-m a d e Hundreds of thousands of aliens are annu- , aM he was ele„cted Governor-resulted in ally landing upon our shores, and during the : the realization of our most sanguine hopes. B r i l l i a n t A m e r ic a n T r i u m p h !! ELECTION OF GOODWIN! M ajority 3000 2 The special election held on Tuesday to and State prisons. It has been estimated that four-fifths of our beggars, two-fil’ths of our paupers and three-fifths of our criminals are foreigners. I believe that if this emigra tion would cease to-morrow our country would be benefited in morals, in peaceful ness and in permanent prosperity. It is al so well known, speaking of the character of this emigration, that a g r e a t portion o f for eigners who come here are Roman Catholics, and another large portion are disbelievers in Christianity. Now it cannot be that Prot estant institutions can be agreeable to either of these parties. I do not hesitate to say , past year over 400,000 arrived .at the differ- , The electors of the counties of Ontario and ent ports within the United States. This in- I L ivingston-which comprise that D istrict- * .1. 1 . J —, A t l . ~ T) —.11— lltn i J J flux of foreign immigration is rapidly in- j assembled a t the Polls on that day, and get- , n'i._ ting a remarkably favorable look a t “ SAM.” : creasing each year. I he great proportion ol f ~ I I.U a J Ix w . AVid Aln/tAn/l IZftTT M il I 2/1A T*\ rather liked him, and elected Rev. Mr. G ood w i n to fill the place of M. H. Clark. Taken in all its aspects and bearings, this is the most thorough, brilliant and straight-out triumph yet achieved by the A m e r ic a n P a r t y . To beat “ Sam” and tbe whole tribe of “ Hindoos,” and to impress upon the minds of the Legislators who on Tuesday next are to vote for U. S. Senator that Mr. Seward is those who constitute it are Iloman Catho- ‘ lies by birth and education. They come ; from the old despotisms of Europe, and are ; not only religiously Romanists, but politic- ally Monarchists. They bring with them , , the religious and political prejudices and no- ; tions that they were educated to imbibe and , ! entertain; and the great mass of them, 1 ! though fugitives from the political oppres- j . . ... , , ,, , ... 1 siou that drove them from their native lands State, and 1that 1the pulohc ' and homes, donot become Americanized by , ™ Whlf ’’ “ Wo°Hy 'mingling with our people enjoying all the | Heads,” gnd the choncologwal sub-divisions • • i j * of the Democratic Party “ fused.” and pre- i priceless advantages they are at liberty to . J r t , . . .. „ . ___ „ , seuted against the A m e r ic a n P a r t y an un- claim on landing upon our shores, nor & r , . . A .. _ „ , , ... broken front—a solid phalanx. But “ Sam” i bv becoming citizens and voters by natural-| , , , , - , and those who 11 ization. We speak now, be it understood, ot the great mass of Roman Catholic immi- | grants. Among them there are a few—and , \ but a few— honorable exceptions; the Prot- most serious consideration in regard to its causes and the means whereby the good or der of society and the principles of humanity may be more permanently secured. The undersigned, in contemplating the causes which have created, and which still animate this fearful social state, beg leave to suggest some of the means whereby the evil may he arrested In its progress, the character of the State and the quiet of Socie ty maintained. A Legislative Enactment that shall forbid, under confiscation and other penalties, any deposit of military equipments, except as r _______ ________ _____ merchandize for sale, other than where the that the principles of the Romish hierarchy law directs An Enactment that shall, un- j are totally incompatible witli the principles der penalty, forbid any association to drill as \ of republican liberty, The COndUCt Of KOffie a military company, except it be organized . to this day, in countries where she has the by law ; An Enactment that shall limit the power, is tyrannical and persecuting. If the enrolment of foreigners to one-tenth the ex- Romish church has changed her principles, isting members of each company, and an j why has not her conduct been changed?— Enactment whereby a Commission be ap- j Does she not everywhere seek to control the pointed whose duty it shall be to examine ! State? In what Roman Catholic countries all places in which deposits of military ar- j is there religious toleration? But it is said maments may be made. that Rome here conforms her teachings to Under the operation of such a code, the the genius of our free institutions. In our spirit of jealousy now rife among the people j own times we have seen her teaching obedi- will be a t once subdued; collections of war- j ence on the hanks of the Danube, and at the like armaments will be removed from church ! same time we have seen her preaching rebel- edifices—the house of prayer relieved from ' lion even to assas.-ination in the wilds of its association with impliments of destruc- ! Connaught. Iler pliancy and suppleness are tion. and the people made confident in the revealed on every page of her history, while iEgis of the State. The military Drill being ; in the gloomy recess of her shrine stands her rendered public, suspicions of faction will own iron statute rusting in the blood of fifty vanish, and a martial desire induce, without generations. Her aims are the same here as which a free people cannot long exist. From 1 they have been in other lands. When she the restricted proportion of foreigners by ■ , b irth, as well as by prejudice and education, I no undue influence from abroad can be made to bear on our institutions without reliable 1 means of resistance, and those individuals was weak, she spoke softly ; but now sbe boldly puts forth her demands. Her pres ent demands, if granted, will be followed by others. What securit} can we have with 'a system which teaches\ intolerance? But let who left their own in search of a better land, J us distinguish between the system and men. had “ seen” him proved too much for the “ Allied Powers.” Judge Loomis was disastrously beaten, and the i OODW in , one of the ablest and , ___ * purest men of the State, was triumphantly estant aliens who daily come here make good 1 . 5 . 1 , J elected. W e give the figures m another place. They speak for themselves. There is a significance in this result which no man can fail to recognize. It is not only | a political, b u t a great moral triumph. From New York, from Albany, from other portions ' o f the State, paid hirelings were sent out to : secure the election of L o o m is , and money : was poured out like water to effect this ob- ' ject. The struggle was fierce, and face to ! face. It vras a regular “ stand up fight.”— It was felt by all the friends of Mr. S e w a r d : that the result of this election would be very Hence the ne- and reliable American citizens, and are al ways truly welcome. The Catholics remain subjects of a foreign potentate, even when they have sworn allegiance to our own gov ernment. They are ever the slaves of the Pope, and under the complete control, spir itual and temporal, of the Romish prelates and priests who swarm everywhere, and who are his representatives here. They re main, under these influences, narrow-mind ed, ignorant of what constitutes true Repub licanism and the allegiance due from citi- zens to their country and its government, Up0n the Legislature. bigote m a t eirre lgious views, an won ( cegsit 0f electing this “ fusion” candidate at derfully intolerant, even under the lnfluen- , J » J , i all hazards, and m any possible wav. But ces of the perfect religious liberty which , ! , •\ ^ ■ i t n the A m e r ic a n P a r t y rallied m their thev are permitted to enjoy under our to n - . . - 1 strength, and knowing their man, and trust- stitution. *, The Hierarchy of Rome constitutes one of the worst spiritual despotisms that the sun ! ever shone upon. I t has borne this charac ter through its whole history. Its all controlling power reaches every man, wo man and child within its dominion. I Citizens of this sort are not safe. They must he held in check. They must not be entrusted with power. If allowed to wield j , . . , , , . . , ... 1 . , . ble, and they are now anxiously and tremb- lt they will certainly abuse it. A t the b id -. . . «- l j -..* . ’ -v J ^ . lingly reading the “ hand writing upon the ! dinsr of a power superior with them to their | „ . ° s , i xt ui i ; wall. Its import needs no interpretation. sworn allegiance to our lands, they will be- *l . m 1 ~ t D , 5 ! Legislators who are next luesday to vote for toj- the trust reposed in them, ihis dispo-. ^ s _ Sena(or ^ not^ M ^ loss i sition has been developed wherever and , ... I m fully comprehending it. th e verdict of j whenever scheming demagogues and • mous- ^ .§ ^ ^ ^ ^ : mg politicians have coquetted for their suf- , cordi ! Will th ? That remains to he ' frages. In all such cases they hate become i -A + *i. - ° . . , ; ; seen. If they do not —if they shut their arrogant and intolerant, and indicated what . . “ , . , y I , ° - xv • eyes to this emphatic demonstration of the they would do had they the power m their ing in the justice of their cause, without in trigue, without the appliances resorted to by corrupt demagogues and scheming politicians, they calmly deposited their ballots, and elect ed their candidate! The whole Anti-American crew are par alyzed a t this unexampled result. They see * and feel in this W aterloo defeat that the A m e r i c a n P a r t y is irresistible and invinci- | who are found in their intercourse with our ( j people to be worthy of military trust, will j , find the way open to them. By a course so j just to all, the irritation and excitement with j : whi.ji the country is now filled, through ex- ' ; clusivenes in military organizations, will be ; at once and forever queited, and the charac- ! ter of the citizen soldier elevated in public estimation ; while the Commission, having ' an eye to unlawful collections of military | ■ m u n i t i o n s , w i l l r e s t o r e co n f id e n c e i n tb e a s - I surance that law and order can at all times | be sustained. j The undersigned, in thus respectfully call- , ing your attention to dangers which, in ; their judgement, seriously threaten the har- I mony of the body politic, would disclaim all prejudices against any portion or sects of ' which the people of this State may be com- ! posed ; but at the same time they hold it to j be the first duty of every American to up- I hold in their purity, at any sacrifice, the j public institutions established by them selves. Of these institutions, your petition- | ers regard the militia system as the right arm, and when it is called into power should represent unalloyed American sentiments and American will. The above petition was introduced in the Senate on the 29th ult., by Mr. W h i t n e y , of New York, and took the usual course.— About 350 signatures were appended to it. The growth of the organization now known as the “ A m e r i c a n P a r t y ,” inaugur ates a new era in the political history of our country. It is the result of the causes which brought the “ Native American” par ty into existence in 1843. The demonstra tions of the foreign influence then existing in our midst, political and religious, which Washington foresaw in his day and cau tioned his countrymen to beware of, and which other true Patriots have since seen, and which, in all its elements and instincts, is u t terly antagonistic to Republicanism, aroused the spirit that now burns in every true American heart. But the new party was badly managed, and fell measurably into the hands of political demagogues, who used it for their own purposes. Selfishness be coming more potent than Patriotism in op position to the arrogance of Romanism, the new party, at one time so potent in many prominent localities, lost its prestige, and with that its power. But in its brief and stormy career it did much good. It devel oped the great fact, that the American heart beat true, and that the Patriotism that burn ed so brightly that the blackest night of ad versity that fell upon the Revolution could not extinguish it then, was not yet quenched. The influence of that initiative American movement has never heen wholly lost, nev er entirely forgotten. Fresh and unmistakable proofs of the_ en croachments of th a t deadly enemy of all civ- and religious liberty—Roman Catholi- cism—has a t last called into existence and amazing activity the new “ Ajnorican P arty.” Its history is a brief one as yet, b u t it is one o f triumph from the start. The world i has never witnessed its like. W ithin a i hands. I As the numbers of this class of our popu- ulationhave augmented, the assumptions and the arrogance of the prelates of the Romish j Hierarchy have steadily increased. Their I nature and character every intelligent Amer- 1 ican understands. He understands also, j that these developments of a disposition to ' exercise a power and an influence so utterly 1 antagonistic to every characteristic and im pulse of Republicanism, has been growing l with alarming rapidity of late. And it is the j knowledge of this momentous and startling ' fact, that has resulted in the complete organ ization of the “ A m e r ic a n P a r t y .” The I American mind is aroused. The evils that menace our country are now not only seen, but felt. Every true American understands that the time for prompt and decisive action has arrived. Delay is dangerous. No time must be lost. “ AMERICANS MUST RULE AMERICA.” By some this idea is deemed intolerant and and proscriptive. This we deny. “ Neces sity knows no law.” Under the circumstan ces, it has become an absolute necessity to “ put none b u t Americans on guard.” Hun dreds of thousands of the aliens who have been welcomed to our land and admitted to all the religious liberty and civil rights and privileges that any of our native-born citi zens enjoy under our Constitution, have shown that no civil obligation they have ta ken is paramount to the religious influence exercised over them by the Romish Bishops and Priests. The ambition of the Papal Hierarchy, and the intrigues of Jesuitism— the right arm of Popery—are too well known to be trusted or mistaken. There is noth ing more proscriptive, nothing more intoler ant. than Popery. I t exercises both where- ever and wheaever it can. W ith its mil lions of followers in this country, it may and does exercise a mighty influence. If left to grow without opposition, how long would it remain the secondary power in the land that fosters it? The beast has already “ pushed with its horns.” It is high time to drive them in. Whatever i t is necessary to do for self-preservation, is neither intoler ant nor proscriptive. There would never have been any such thing known in our land as “ Native Ameri- icanism,” or “ Know-Nothingism,” or the “ American Party,” if aliens admitted to the rights of citizenship had become American citizens in\ all their actions, impulses and feelings. By their slavish objection to a for- eigrf.civil ruler and spiritual despot; by their clannish banding together as Irishmen, as Germans, &c.. politically; as military corps, as charitable associations and as secret soci eties 5 by their bigotry, and by their intoler ance wherever tbe folly of demagogues or the knowledge of numerical strength has emboldend them to exhibit it, they have brought upon their own heads the reaction that the A m e r i c a n P a r t y is destined to work out. They have none to blame but themselves. This “ A m e r ic a n P a r t y ” is as yetTrat in its infancy, b u t the evidences of its strength and potency that are already on record, indi cate its true character, and every fresh tri umph is another proof of what we believe to be certain —that it is destined to sweep the whole country, break up all the old political organizations, change the entire political as pect of the States and the Union, eradicate the monstrous evils that have called it into existence and imparted to it its vitality,, show that “ Americans shall rule America,” and crush out forever all the potency of Ro man Catholicism to work evil, religiously or politically, in this Republic. This may n o t prove to he prophecy, but it is certainly an honest and earnest belief, based upon the signs of tbe times and actnal results. j522T” In consequence of the want of ex change papers, we are unable to present to our readers to-day tbe variety o f selections and more extended epitome of news that we shall be enabled to furnisli after we are ip the receipt o f the favors of pur brethren of the Press. MESSAGE OF GOV. GARDNER. AMERICANISM. will and the wishes of the P e o p l e —wo be to them when next they meet* their constit uencies and undertake to give an account of their stewardship! We heartily congratulate the Electors of Livingston and Ontario on this auspicious result. They did their work well. The true men of the State and the Union rejoice this day in a J e s u it so glorious. And we can say of the man they have chosen to represent them in the Senate, that he is eminently worthy of the suffrages they bestowed upon him, and of the confi dence they have reposed in him. Their choice could not have fallen upon one who would prove more faithful to the interests entrusted to him, or who would bear himself with more ability and dignity in the place he has been elected to occupy. Mr. G ood w i n is a true man— true to the interests of the great moral and social questions of the day; true to the principles aims and objects of the American Party. In many respects, the Message of Gov. G a r d n e r , of Massachusetts, which we give entire to day, is a model documeut. It is sound on every general principle which it discusses. As a document faithfully repre senting and expounding all the questions and measures involved in the great American movement of the day. it will be found to em b o d y th e s e n t i m e n t s o f tru e N a t i o n a l i t y . — His views on the duties of Republicanism to wards our foreign population; on the alarm ing decennial ratio of increase of alien immi gration, of pauperism, vagrancy, and crime, as connected w th this influx of foreigners: the disruption of old political parties conse quent upon tbe establishment of the Ameri can Party ; the regulation of the Common School System ; the Americanization of America; the retention of the Bible in the Common Schools; the Separation of Church from State; the prodigality with which Aiperiean citizenship and its franchises are lavished upon foreigners, thus tending to lower the tone of American feeling and dead en the national spirit and pride of country ; the peculiar dangers of foreign influence the subj -rt of Naturalization, and the reme dy for all the evils that menace us, are such as will meet with a hearty response from evtry true American, heart. We recommend the Message to our readers, and trust none will fail to peruse it. SECRET MILITARY ORGANISATIONS. The following memorial, numerously sign- by citizens of this city, has been presented to the Legislature. Tbe character of the evil alluded to, not less than the importance of the subject in all its bearings demand, that the Legislature should thoroughly investi gate the matter, and take early and decisive action with reference to i t ;— To the Honorable, the Legislature of the State o f New York. The undersigned, Citizens of the City of Auburn, respectfully represent to your Hon-- orable Body, that secret military organiza tions, not recognized by law, are spreading rapidly throughout this S tate; and that military companies, under the form of law, but exclusive to a degree qeretofore un known in this country—an exclusion that discards alike the Protestant in faith and the native born American from a participa tion in a large portion of the militia—is spreading with a zeal for numbers and dili gence in drill unequaled in the history of this commonwealth. That these diverse b u t systematized mili tary bodies are antagonistic, and therefore, dangerous to the peace ofthe State; needs on ly a glance a t their origin to satisfy the most skeptical. Wherever an opposition to our system of Common Schools has been mani fested, there almost immediately sprang in to being organized military bands that were discovered to have an existence nnder the name of the “ Guard of Liberty. ” Your petitioners, in view of the dangers which, may arise from these antagonistic forces, alfeady accumulated to many thous ands, and which, being projected on a scale so vast that unless checked, will ultimately absorbs, under discordant banners, tie physical power of the State—would ask your On Wednesday evening last, E. W. An drews, Esq., of New York city, delivered a \ lecture in that city on “ Our Republic—its 1 relations to Foreigners and Foreign Nations.” ! We copy the following synopsis of it from the Herald. It is well worth reading, 1 though evidently a mere sketch of the spea- 1 ker’s remarks: i The subject which we are going to discuss this evening, he said, should be approached with the most dispassionate calmness. The announcement of my theme is sufficient to claim the earnest attention of every Ameri can citizen. It is said that the day is ap proaching when all distinct nationalities will be swallowed up, and we are also told that the brotherhood of man should put au end to these divisions of blood, of lineage and of territory. If this be true, it is idle for us to speak of foreigners and foreign institutions. The impression on some minds may be that natii nality is narrow-minded, b u t it must be remembered that nations are of heavenly origin just as much as families. It is not ge ographical position that makes different peo ple. Fill up the British channel, and will that make an Englishman a Frenchman ?— God clearly intended that nations should he \kept distinct, so that the good qualities of each might be brought out and gradually perfected. No people were ever truly great without cherishing the spirit of nationality and cultivating to the highest extent the na tional genius. If our republic has done any thing worthy of credit it is because she has g iv e n full scope to her native spirit ; and if we are to have a glorious future, it must he by permitting nationality to have the freest and the widest scope. It is absurd to bring alien masses into the \Same territory and call them a nation. There must he internal affin ity.—a living unity among them, otherwise you have a mob, and not a nation. W hat there is of nobility in our national character and institutions, has not been brought to us from without. You cannot import patriotic virtues as you would import a bale of goods. Nowithstanding all the attempts to make this country a Noah’s ark, made up of a het- erogenenus mass, we are, thank God, a na tion still. This is our native land—contain ing all that we most love. To this land we have given our affections, and to it we have given the support of our maturer years.— Let men talk as they will about cosmopolit anism—that man who does not love his own land with a peculiar affection, is devoid of every generous feeling. We would have this land belong to us, ju'st as much as England belongs to the English, or France to the French. It seems to be thought that this country is the common property of all, and thus the foreigner comes here claiming citi zenship, not as a favor, b u t demanding it as a right. Are we not, then, a nation? The subject before us is eminently a practical one. Every year sees an immense amount of for- nigners on our shores. It is the exodus o eations. Nothing has ever been seen like it before. They come, for the most part, from poverty, seeking here their daily bread.— Here is a phenomenon. No wonder people ask, “ what will be the end of all this?’ The evils now are of such a portentous character that they cannot be concealed, and cannot be borne. W hat do we see in most of the States of the Union? Large masses of men, incapable of any sympathies with us, yet made citizens, and placed on an equality with the sons of the soil. Is it so strange that this should breed strife and blood?— Year by year the evil increases, until we see the streets of our cities the scenes of divi sions between naturalized citizens and tbe native born. We see foreigners addressing public meetings as foreigners. We see them appointed to offices, and lately we have seen one sent to a court of Europe, where he car ried with him the prejudices of early life, and, as the red republican of France, and not as the calm, impartial American ambassador, behaved in a manner that threatened to em broil us in a war. The present movement, however, has proved that the spirit of na tionality here is not dead, though it has been sleeping. I would recommend, then, as a remedv for all this evil, that there should be a radical change of the law in admitting foreigners to citizenship, and by enacting such laws as may restrict foreign emigra tion. For many years there has not heen a show of obedience to some of the provisions of the existing naturalization laws. . Thus it was that foreigners, as they step ped on our shores, went in crowds to the polls and voted on subjects of which they knew nothing. You have seen this; you have seen these men thrusting from the polls the most intelligent of your fellow citizens; you have seen some of your fellow citizens who have not dared—yes, I use the expres sion, have not dared—to attend the primary elections, for fear of personal violence.— Our naturalization laws are trampeled under foot, not only in our cities, b u t in all our States, and especially in the new ones. The grave question then arises, what shaft we do? llie necessity of encouraging emigration no longer exists with us. Our rank as a nation stands second to none. Every year adds tens of thousands to our native born inhab itants. We would not forbid honest foreign ers from coming amongst us ; we would n o t deny them the protection of the laws, or a single facility for the acquisition of wealth, but we will say to them, “ you cannot come to interfere with the government of our country. I t is too sacred to be transferred lightly to “ stranger hands.” If emigration increases a t the present ratio, four millions of aliens will have been landed on our shores between 1850. and I860. The character of this emigration is also much worse than is was in the beginning of the century. Thjs is abundantly proved by our poor houset The system is bound to immutability; yet there are those who are superior to the faith they profess. There is another class (that of the Ger mans) who come among us altogether dis believing in the doctrines of Christianity.— They come among us with the idea that aft things ought to be common. Let them gain any ascendancy, and we will yet hear that to be rich is a crime. These anti-Christian the ories are not indigenous to our soil. It was the light of Christianity which guided the- Pilgrims eastward to make the Rock of P ly mouth the corner stone of this republic.— If our country is now hailed as the tyrant’s dread and the patriot’s boast, let her thank her warriors and statesmen much, but let her thank her shining lights of Christianity more. Now the question is, are such things to go on any longer? AVe are ready to give the foreigner all liberty, but we are\ not wil ling to allow him to appoint our rulers or have a share in our government until, a t least, he has learnt its principles. To swal low hundreds of thousands of aliens yearly may well cause a little disorder in the stom ach. and it has caused disorder in the body politic, as has been hinted by a certain Doc tor Sam. It is said that the different races of this country will eventually amalgamate ; but the experience ofthe past is against this, and the same laws of nature which have kept alive the spirit of nationality in other lands will also operate here. If this repub lic is to be preserved and to advance, it must be as the American republic, governed, not by principles imported from tlie revolutiona ry clubs of Europe, b u t by principles of our Protestant fathers—principles which they found implanted in the Bible. Mr. Andrews concluded his very able lec ture with a few remarks in favor of protect ing American labor, and against the idea of extending the republic beyond its present limits. TRIUMPH IN THE TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. Although at the State election in No vember last Mr. Ullman received a larger vote than was cast for any other Gubernato rial candidate in tbe 29th District, y et tbe majority against him was 1,823. Then there were “ four Richmonds in the field”—Ullman, Clark, Seymour and Bronson. A t the re cent election for Senator in the same Dis trict, Rev. Mr. G o o d w in , representing the American Party, faced a single opponent —Judge L o om is , who was supported by all other parties and subdivisions of parties, with aft their power, influence, corrupt ap pliances and prestige of former invincibility. In the face of all this formidable array he was elected by the great and overwhelming- majority of TWO THOUSAND VOTES !— Thus it will be seen that the gain of the American Party in that single Senatorial District, and under circumstances o f the m o st adverse character, has heen nearly THREE THOUSAND VOTES WITHIN THREE MONTHS! This fact needs no comment. I t speaks for itself. It indicates the progress of the popular sentiment in this country. It shows that the P e o p l e are thoroughly aroused— that the American and Protestant spirit, now thoroughly awake, will, on every occa sion that offers, make itself irresistably felt through the ballot-boxes. The same spirit that manifested itself so overwhelmingly in the Twenty-Ninth District’ on Tuesday 4ast,- exists throughout the whole country; in the cities, villages and hamlets ; in all the “ ru ral d i s t r i c t s i n the great valleys, in the back-woods and among the h ills; along our thousands of miles of sea-coasts and our lake shores; aft over the broad prairies and Ter ritories of the Republic, even to the shores of the Pacific—in short wherever true- hearted native-born American citizens are to be found. And as it exists, it needs but oc casion and opportunity to rouse it into ac tion, and to produce results like that in the Twenty-Ninth District. In the whole history of our State politi cal triumphs—certainly in that of our per sonal triumph—did ever any man occupy in our Legislature a prouder or a more com manding position than Senator G o o d w i n will assume on taking his chair in that body to-day. The issues upon which he was elec ted, and the circumstances connected with the conflict and the triumph, render his po sition there a most enviable one. Rum Shops and Licenses. The laws of this State, that are sleeping upon its statute hooks, are very stringent with regard to the vending of intoxicating drinks. If thoroughly enforced, they would almost obviate the necessity of the enactment of the Prohibitory measure that is now un der discussion in the Legislature, and that will probably soon become a law. The re sults of the determined efforts of Mayor Wood, of New York, and of Mayor Hall, of Brooklyn, to put a stop to the liquor traffic hitherto carried on to such an alarming ex tent in those cities, show what a vigorous ef fort on the p art of the constituted authori ties is competent to effect, when put forth with an unflinching will, and supported and legalised by legislative enactments. But this effort extends only to a single day -the Sabbath. The proposed Prohibi tory Law covers every day of the year. If it becomes a Law h y Legislative enactment, we shall look with hope and confidence to see its provisions enforced, for i t is the duty of every good citizen to live up to the laws, and do all in his power to see them enforced, in spirit and in letter. JUST* Only 291 of the thousands of rum- shops in New York were open on Sunday last, and the Police made but 40 arrests.— Of the latter, only 11 were for drunkenness, and a number of these drank rum at their own or their friends’ houses. Mayor Wood is doing a great and a good work i n New York, so far as Sunday tippling is con cerned. G o v e r n o r o f N e w H a m p s h i r e . — The Know Nothings of New Hampshire have nominated, in State Convention, R a l p h M e t c a l f , of Newport, as their candidate for Governor. itSST- Mayor \W ood is suppressing the sale, of indecent publications in New York city.
